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  1. cjdmadcow

    Game Thread: 01-2/3/4

    No rest for the wicked - and particularly the Liverpool and Man City players who only finished their game 41 hours ago - so here we go with the start of the second half of the season. Just the 6 games today with interest at the top & bottom of the league. Middlesbrough v Leicester City (12:30)...
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    Gameweek 19 / Dec 28-30

    And so the madness continues with many teams playing for the second time in 48 hours. I'm interested to see what happens in the Man Utd v Chelsea game and the possible implications should LvG lose again. Aside from the obvious delight that would bring me, anything that increases the chance that...
  3. cjdmadcow

    Boxing Day - Game Thread

    Kick-off due in the first game of what is traditionally the busiest day of the season as all 20 teams take the field at some point (All times (GMT) 12:45 Stoke v Man Utd 15:00 Aston Villa v West Ham Bournemouth v Crystal Palace Chelsea v Watford Liverpool v Leicester Man City v Sunderland...
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    Serie A 2015/16 - Calcio dopo Pirlo

    Serie A gets underway later today with Hellas Verona opening the season against Roma, so I thought I'd get this thread started seeing as I'm a complete Italophile and intend to move there in the next 5 years or so.   I know little about the makeup of the teams but intend to learn more as the...
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    Premier League - TV Rights

    The latest bidding war for the UK TV rights for the PL for seasons 2016 - 2019 (3 seasons) has just been announced.   GBP 5.136 billion   There were 7 packages available, SKY have won 5 of them with BT Sport winning the other 2.   There had better be some trickle-down to the actual fans that go...
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    Spurs 2014-15: Have You Found Our Lost Argentine?

    The purge of Premier League managers continues...bye, bye Tim.   http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/13/tim-sherwood-sacked-tottenham-hotspur-manager-mauricio-pochettino?CMP=twt_gu
  7. cjdmadcow

    English Premier League 2013/14 - The Second Half

    Given that the weekend just gone marked the halfway point for this season’s Premier League, I thought it might be worth looking forward the rest of the way and assessing the relative strength of schedule for the leading contenders.   An obvious separation between top and bottom has now developed...